Player Dossier

2012-2014

Vanderbilt

Brian Kimbrow

RB • 5'8" • Memphis, TN, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Brian Kimbrow leans balanced backfield option traits and 0 efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Presbyterian

Player Story

Brian Kimbrow built his college career from 2012 through 2014 as a running back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 25, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Brian Kimbrow's career was his backfield work: 748...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.9171

East · Memphis, TN

Committed To
Vanderbilt
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Brian Kimbrow, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Vanderbilt. Brian Kimbrow leans balanced backfield option traits and 0 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
770
Rushing yards
748
Receiving yards
22
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Brian Kimbrow quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
770
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
Best season
2013 Postseason · Vanderbilt
Top game
Presbyterian
Recruit profile
4-star · East · Vanderbilt
High school pipeline
East · 10 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Class 2014

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2012 PostseasonVanderbilt13-2-20049.4
2012 Regular SeasonVanderbilt134184153349.4
2013 PostseasonVanderbilt1275750157.8
2013 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1228526619257.8
2014 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1-6-60024.4

Related Context

Brian Kimbrow played RB for Vanderbilt. Across 3 tracked seasons, Brian Kimbrow recorded 748 rushing yards, 22 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason

Vanderbilt paired 360 primary output with 42.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 43.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Presbyterian

Win with 139 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Postseason · Vanderbilt

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

32

Efficiency

43.4

Usage

9.4

Consistency

27.4

Best Game by takeover score

Presbyterian

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. NC State: -2. South Carolina: 5. Northwestern: 14. Presbyterian: 139. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 27. Florida: 2. Auburn: 3. Massachusetts: 98. Kentucky: 73. Ole Miss: 38. Tennessee: 15. Wake Forest: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 1 by 0. South Carolina: 2 by 26. Northwestern: 4 by 36.5. Presbyterian: 15 by 88.6. Missouri: 3 by 87.5. Florida: 1 by 20.8. Auburn: 2 by 15.6. Massachusetts: 7 by 100. Kentucky: 14 by 54.9. Ole Miss: 10 by 44.3. Tennessee: 4 by 39.1. Wake Forest: 6 by 6.9

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins43.9 · Games = 9 · +38.6 vs Losses
Losses5.3 · Games = 4 · -38.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Presbyterian

Best efficiency game

100 vs Massachusetts

Result
Mon 12/31vs NC StateW 38-241-2-20-2
Sat 11/24@ Wake ForestW 55-21640.7000.7
Sun 11/18vs TennesseeW 41-184153.8003.8
Sun 11/11@ Ole MissW 27-269414.6001-33.8
Sat 11/3@ KentuckyW 40-013695.301145.2
Sat 10/27vs MassachusettsW 49-779814114
Sat 10/20vs AuburnW 17-13231.5001.5
Sat 10/13vs FloridaL 17-3112202
Sat 10/6@ MissouriW 19-15327909
Sat 9/22@ GeorgiaL 3-48
Sat 9/15vs Presbyterian100 rush yardsW 58-0141379.801129.3
Sun 9/9@ NorthwesternL 13-234143.5003.5
Thu 8/30vs South CarolinaL 13-17252.5002.5

Player Story

Brian Kimbrow story

Brian Kimbrow built his college career from 2012 through 2014 as a running back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 25, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Brian Kimbrow's career was his backfield work: 748 rushing yards, 148 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 22 receiving yards across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Vanderbilt. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 22 receiving yards and 678 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Vanderbilt.

The arc is straightforward: Brian Kimbrow moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Vanderbilt

    2012-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122012201320132014
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 PostseasonVanderbilt41643.49.4
2012 Regular SeasonVanderbilt41643.49.40
2013 PostseasonVanderbilt36042.912.6-56
2013 Regular SeasonVanderbilt36042.912.60
2014 Regular SeasonVanderbilt-602.3-366

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Presbyterian

Week 3 · W 58-0

Win with 139 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

139

Scrimmage Yards

87.1 takeover

139 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.

#2

@ Houston

Week 1 · W 41-24 · Postseason

75

Scrimmage Yards

74.7 takeover

Win with 75 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

75 scrimmage yards and 22.4 usage.

#3

vs Massachusetts

Week 9 · W 49-7

98

Scrimmage Yards

69.9 takeover

Win with 98 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

98 scrimmage yards and 13.7 usage.

#4

@ Kentucky

Week 10 · W 40-0 · Conference game

73

Scrimmage Yards

55.7 takeover

Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

73 scrimmage yards and 20.9 usage.

#5

vs Wake Forest

Week 14 · W 23-21

45

Scrimmage Yards

52 takeover

Win with 45 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

45 scrimmage yards and 21.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Postseason · Vanderbilt

360 primary output · 42.9 efficiency · 12.6 usage

57.8

#2

2013 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

57.8

360 primary · 42.9 efficiency · 12.6 usage

#3

2012 Postseason · Vanderbilt

49.4

416 primary · 43.4 efficiency · 9.4 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games